Leevi and Mads are Ottawa's untouchable goalie prospects, no way they move them

Yup, that trade would be extremely Dorion-like, aka stupid

If they were not able to properly evaluate Filip Gustavsson's talent, don't let them make the same mistake with Merilainen

But not only that, Brannstrom is quality too.

Change the management and coaching staff FIRST. And see from there

I'd like to agree with you but this is more of what I think will happen not what I want to happen. Although in saying that Goalies take a very long time to develop and I think they are ready to compete now so they don't line up with the competitive window.

I do like branstrom but he is miscaste in a 3rdbpair role... jbd and kleven both fit that role better... will be cheaper... and branstrom has increased his value so I think its time to deal himbforbanother need. Also despite what people say I think dorion has done well building up this core... yes some bad moves were made but lots of good was done... show me one gm that is perfect. And I can't see forsberg being ready so we will need a goalie so why not one that fits in our window

Admittedly, I did not expect Kleven to be NHL ready already... And even more than that, he looks pretty good

I agree that Brannstrom is a bit stuck in the depth as he would blossom more in a 2nd pair role but that's the thing : asset management

Dorion is absolutely putrid in that regard (he probably has no idea about the concept) but you need to buy low and sell high. We already bought very high on Brannstrom, need to sell as high as possible with him... I would go :

Chabot - Sanderson
Brannstrom - Zub
Kleven - Chychrun

JBD, Thomson and Guenette to help out with injuries...

If Brannstrom has peak value and you could get a more useful piece sure, but not this trade. Vejmelka is overated. Merilainen is just 20 but I think he'll be better



We have a LOT of talent. Dorion did some good moves but he also was in the most ideal situation possible when the rebuild started with a good prospect pool and prime assets to trade (Karlsson, Stone, Duchene, Pageau, etc). Having a few Top-5 picks and trading more high picks surely helped too. I don't have time right now to go into what he did wrong but the team not getting out of the rebuild, the prospect pool already being below average and the lack of depth in general are consequences of his mismanagement

A big problem is also the team concept and hockey systems, we just don't play the right way. Need to change the GM and coaching staff to do some tweaks and play differently so the team could blossom in a 2-way system